Governance & Political Economy

The Nigerian criminal justice system is fundamentally flawed  and the problem is represented at every processing point on the entire criminal justice system line – from the failure of [...]

Over seven months after he was elected, President Buhari has finally sworn in his cabinet. Buhari reduced the total number of ministries from 29 to 24, and ministers from 42 to 36, scrapping some [...]

After months of planning and stakeholder engagements, CPPA piloted the Info-Literacy capacity building project on September 29 and 30, 2015. The training was held at the Lagos State Public [...]

When he began his first stint as Nigeria’s Head of State after a coup in 1983, General Mohammadu Buhari promised not to allow the “the nonsenses of litigation” interfere with his fight against [...]

On September 25, 2015, the United Nations officially launched the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA. The SDGs are a universal set of goals, [...]

CPPA’s series on Nigerian Institutions of Governance continues with a look at local government in Lagos, courtesy of Tosin Osasona. SUMMARY States and governments across the world irrespective of [...]

What should President Buhari’s priorities be and against what parameters should Nigerians judge him? Between May 18 and 22, CPPA surveyed 664 Lagosians to determine their expectations of [...]

CPPA’s series on Nigerian Institutions of Governance continues with a look at Nigeria’s 8th Senate, courtesy of Tosin Osasona.  The 1999 constitution of Nigeria in Section 4(1) places [...]

Following Nigeria’s first democratic transfer of power in 2015, CPPA looks ahead to the critical work of institution building needed to consolidate Nigeria’s democracy.  First in a [...]

The first-ever democratic power transfer between political parties is underway in Nigeria and CPPA is watching closely.  A quick look at the processes and actors: Timeline of Transition [...]